CATALLA

catalla (k[schwa]-tal-[schwa]). [Law Latin “chattels”] Hist. 1. CHATTEL. — Also termed catals. “Catals (catalla) alias chatels, cometh of the Normans. For … all movable goods … are called chatels: the contrary whereof is (fief) which we do call fee.” John Cowell, The Interpreter (1607). 2. Cattle used for plowing.